Some geophysical consequences of fractal scaling

1996 
Fractal models are being used to an increasing extent in the earth sciences to describe objects as diverse as cloud shapes or rock fractures (Korvin, 1992, is an excellent review of the topic.) Implicit in this is the belief that many natural phenomena have attributes that are unchanged over a wig range of scales. A photograph of a cliff face, for example, reveals a number of sedimentary layers; closer inspection reveals yet more layers. If the picture does not include the requisite rock hammer, or geology student, the scale of the object is unknown and in essence the image is scale free.
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